Ladyhawke (1985)
Synopsis: During the Dark Ages, a young thief nicknamed “Mouse” (Matthew Broderick, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) helps a wandering knight (Rutger Hauer, Blade Runner) fight a treacherous Bishop who has […]
Tag Archives: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Extraordinary stories of magic, myth, wonder, alien worlds, etc.
7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
Synopsis: In the late 19th century, a mysterious Chinese man and circus owner, Dr. Lao (Tony Randall, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?), arrives in a small Arizona town and proceeds to […]
Innerspace (1987)
Synopsis: Dennis Quaid (Breaking Away) is a test pilot working on an experiment in which he would be miniaturized and injected into a laboratory animal. However, everything goes wrong when […]
The Walking Dead (1936)
Synopsis: An ex-convict (Boris Karloff, Frankenstein) is executed for a crime that he didn’t commit. After the execution, a brilliant scientist (Edmund Gwenn, The Trouble with Harry) brings the dead […]
Dreamscape (1984)
Synopsis: A psychic, Alex Gardner (Dennis Quaid, Breaking Away), reluctantly joins a secret government project about dream manipulation. But Alex soon finds out that the project is part of devilish plot […]
The End of the World (1916, aka Verdens Undergang)
Synopsis: A newly discovered comet passing close to Earth threatens to destroy the planet. Various characters — an astronomer, a preacher, a wealthy man, a mine worker and his family […]
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975)
Synopsis: Famed American adventurer Doc Savage, played by Ron Ely (TV’s Tarzan), and his team travel to South America to investigate the mysterious death of his father. Reaction & Thoughts: […]
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
Synopsis: The true story of the Grimm Brothers, Wilhelm (Laurence Harvey, Room at the Top) and Jacob (Carl Boehm, Peeping Tom), who together wrote some of the best-known fairy tales. […]
Tom Thumb (1958)
Synopsis: The Forest Queen (June Thorburn, The 3 Worlds of Gulliver) grants three wishes to a woodcutter (Bernard Miles, Great Expectations) after he agrees not to cut down the forest’s […]
Destination Moon (1950)
Synopsis: A scientist (Warner Anderson, The Caine Mutiny), a retired General (Tom Powers, Double Indemnity) and a tycoon (John Archer, The Big Trees) team up to develop the first trip […]
The Power (1968)
Synopsis: A group of scientists studying space flight fatigue are targeted by a man/woman who has ability to kill with his/her mind. Who is the unstoppable killer? Reaction & Thoughts: […]
Lemora: A Child’s Tale of the Supernatural (1973)
Synopsis: In the 1920s, in a small Southern American town, Lila (Cheryl Smith, Caged Heat), an innocent 13-year-old girl, gets word that her father, who went into hiding after killing […]
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970, aka Valerie a týden divu)
Synopsis: Valerie (Jaroslava Schallerová, Don’t Cry, Pretty Girls!), who has just tuned thirteen, experiences her first period and that important event in the young girl’s life triggers a series of […]
The Green Slime (1968)
Synopsis: Scientists discover that a giant asteroid is on collision course with Earth. They dispatch a crew of astronauts from a space station to land on the asteroid and blow […]
